⁴ Now to the one who ^(A)works, his wage is not counted according to grace, but according to what is due. ⁵ But to the one who does not work, but ^(B)believes upon Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, ⁶ just as David also speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

⁹ Therefore, is this blessing on ^[b](F)the circumcised, or on ^[c]the uncircumcised also? For ^(G)we say, “^(H)Faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.” ¹⁰ How then was it counted? While he was ^[d]circumcised, or ^[e]uncircumcised? Not while ^[f]circumcised, but while ^[g]uncircumcised; ¹¹ and he ^(I)received the sign of circumcision, ^(J)a seal of the righteousness of the faith which ^[h]he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be ^(K)the father of ^(L)all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be counted to them, ¹² and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which ^[i]he had while uncircumcised.

¹³ For ^(M)the promise to Abraham or to his seed ^(N)that he would be heir of the world was not ^[j]through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. ¹⁴ For ^(O)if those who are ^[k]of the Law are heirs, faith has been made empty and the promise has been abolished; ¹⁵ for ^(P)the Law brings about wrath, but ^(Q)where there is no law, there also is no trespass.

¹⁶ For this reason it is ^[l]by faith, in order that it may be according to ^(R)grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to ^(S)all the seed, not only to ^[m]those who are of the Law, but also to ^[n](T)those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is ^(U)the father of us all— ¹⁷ as it is written, “^(V)A father of many nations have I made you”—in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, ^(W)who gives life to the dead and ^[o](X)calls into being ^(Y)that which does not exist. ¹⁸ In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become ^(Z)a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “^(AA)So shall your seed be.” ¹⁹ And without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now ^(AB)as good as dead since ^(AC)he was about a hundred years old, and ^(AD)the deadness of Sarah’s womb; ²⁰ yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, ^(AE)giving glory to God, ²¹ and ^(AF)being fully assured that ^(AG)what God had promised, He was able also to do. ²² Therefore ^(AH)it was also counted to him as righteousness. ²³ Now ^(AI)not for his sake only was it written that it was counted to him, ²⁴ but for our sake also, to whom it will be counted, as those ^(AJ)who believe upon Him who ^(AK)raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, ²⁵ He who was ^(AL)delivered over on account of our transgressions, and was ^(AM)raised on account of our justification.

¹⁶ For this reason it is ^[a]by faith, in order that it may be according to ^(A)grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to ^(B)all the seed, not only to ^[b]those who are of the Law, but also to ^[c](C)those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is ^(D)the father of us all—

⁸ For ^(A)by grace you have been saved ^(B)through faith, and ^[a]this not of yourselves, it is ^(C)the gift of God;